Seacoast Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . an independent middle School

Amy Bailey, mother of a sixth grade student, architect, and project engineer, has worked with the Academy as a member of the Parents Advisory Committee from the outset. She also served the Academy as clerk of the works during our recent renovations to the schoolhouse. Amy and her pediatric dentist husband live in Exeter and are members of Temple Israel in Portsmouth.

Christina Doykos Breen taught at St. Mark's School for five years and recently at the Brooks School. She and her husband, Jim, have three young boys and live in Rye, New Hampshire. She runs Breen Education Consulting--college advising consultants--and serves on the Rye Education Foundation. Christina is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth. She has been the principal architect of our curriculum and is Director of Admission and Secondary School Advising.

Alexander S. Costello teaches English at Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts. He has worked as a lawyer and as an award-winning Editorial Page Editor of the Lowell Sun. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Lowell Plan that works for the revitalization of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts and is a member of the Board of Governors of Saints Memorial Medical Center in Lowell. Alex and his wife have two daughters who are graduates of Brooks School. Not surprisingly, one of Costello's interest is Irish History. The Costellos live in Hampton, New Hampshire.

Richard F. Davis taught for 37 years at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. Among his boarding school duties, Rich was Head of History Department, Head Crew Coach, Head of Humanities, and Head of House. He continues his teaching and coaching of 21 years in the St. Paul's Advanced Studies Program. Rich and his wife, Peg, have three children and have retired to Rye, New Hampshire. Rich navigated air refueling planes in the Air Force, stationed in Portsmouth. Rich is a member of the St. John's Church. Rich serves as Chair of the Board.

Peg Gaillard has been a successful entrepreneur and active community volunteer. Her business activities include serving as President and Founder of Pottery at Your Place, an innovative direct sales company she successfully sold in 2005. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester and as a member of the vestry at Christ Church Episcopal, Exeter, New Hampshire. She was co-chair of Christ Church's 2006 capital campaign and until recently was an Advisory Board member of Hampstead Academy in Hampstead, New Hampshire. Peg holds a BA from Wellesley College and lives in Exeter with her husband and three children.

The Rev. Canon Charles Lafond serves the Diocese of New Hampshire as the Stewardship Officer. His principal hobby is pottery at which he also excels. Earlier in his life Charles was a missionary teacher in Cap Hatien, Haiti, West Indies and then the corporate Vice President, YMCA of Greater Richmond, Virginia. After receiving his Masters of Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary, he served as Associate Rector at The Church of Our Saviour in Charlottesville, Virginia. He began his move back north toward his birthplace, Montreal, Canada, when he became an Episcopal monk in the Society of St. John The Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With his experience in a Dutch Reformed high school in Canada and in stewardship, Charles joins the Trustees as Vice Chair of the Development Committee.

Daniel W. Morrissey, O.P. presently lives and works at The College of Physicians and Surgeons as Assistant Vice President for Health Services, Columbia University. In 1956, he became a Professed Dominican and was ordained as a Roman Catholic Priest in 1962. Daniel lived and studied in Paris, France for seven years and is fluent in French. For ten years, Father Morrissey taught religion at Phillips Exeter Academy and was the Chairman of the Department of Religion. He will retire to Hampton, New Hampshire in February 2008.

Hilary B. Parkhurst presently also serves as a Trustee of St. Paul's School. Hilary has taught at Greenwich Academy, The Dalton School, and Rippowam Cisqua School.She and her husband, Charles, have a daughter and three sons in independent boarding and day schools. Hilary was a member of US Junior Women’s National Rowing Team in 1979. Her daughter is a varsity rower at St. Paul's School.

Ann G. Remus recently retired as the Superintendent of Schools in Bedford, New Hampshire where she oversaw the building of a new middle school. She brings her understanding of the laws of the state relating to schools and the policies of the New Hampshire Department of Education to the Board. Ann and her husband, Paul, have three children who graduated from St. Paul’s School. She is the board's secretary.

The Rev. Canon Timothy Rich serves as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of New Hampshire. While Rector of St. John's Church in Portsmouth Tim felt the need for an independent school that could engage students around the full spectrum of spiritual questions. Tim and his wife, Meghan, have two young daughters. Tim is the Board's Vice Chair and Chair of the Development Committee.

Melissa Greer Solomon has worked for U. S. Senators Howard Baker, Warren Rudman, Bob Dole, and William Cohen. She has worked also for law firms in New York and Washington as a legislative law, civil justice reform, and product liability specialist. In New Hampshire, Melissa has helped establish several non-profit organizations to teach children foreign languages, to create a support network for parents of pre-school children, and to raise monies for autism research and outreach. Melissa lives in Durham with her husband and two children and serves on the Education Committee at Temple Israel in Dover. Melissa graduated from St. Paul’s School in 1980.

The Right Rev. Douglas E. Theuner, VIIIth Bishop of New Hampshire, served for 19 years as the Board President of the Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire and as the Board President of the White Mountain School in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. In his "retirement" Bishop Theuner serves on the Boards of Directors of several national charities, volunteers in Concord Hospital, and works as a certified arbitrator.

Sean M. Tracey, President of Sean Tracey Associates, is a creative and strategist/consultant for advertising agencies throughout the country. His peers have honored him with many awards. Sean serves as an alumnus interviewer for the Brown University Admission Office. He performed professionally as a jazz pianist and trumpeter for over 12 years. Sean lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two young children. The Traceys are communicants in St. John's Church, Portsmouth. Sean has done considerable pro bono work for numerous charities in the region. Sean serves as the Treasurer of the Board.

E. Scott Votey, the Former Head of School of Green Hedges School, is the Head of School of Seacoast Academy. Scott has been a teacher and administrator for 30 years in independent schools and lately as a member of the Faculty of Christ Episcopal School in Rockville, Maryland. Scott and his wife, Linda, were active with the youth and outreach ministries of their church in Maryland and have traveled several times to Nicaragua to work in a village with their church group. Scott and Linda have a daughter in college and were foster parents to a middle school child.